linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] serial: 8250_dwlib: RS485 HW half duplex support

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Date:   Mon, 7 Mar 2022 00:07:44 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
Cc:     Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "open list:SERIAL DRIVERS" <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Raymond Tan <raymond.tan@...el.com>,
        Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] serial: 8250_dwlib: RS485 HW half duplex support

On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 12:00 AM Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 02, 2022 at 11:56:00AM +0200, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:

...

> Does the DesignWare UART use dedicated DE and RE pins instead of
> the RTS pin?  That would be quite unusual.

They are muxed with other UART pins on SoC level, but I don't remember
by heart which ones. According to the Synopsys datasheet they are
separate signals. It might be that I'm missing something, since the
last time I looked was last year.

...

> > +     d->hw_rs485_support = device_property_read_bool(p->dev, "snps,rs485-interface-en");
> > +     if (d->hw_rs485_support)
> > +             p->rs485_config = dw8250_rs485_config;
> > +
>
> You wrote in the commit message that rs485 support is present from
> version 4.0 onward.  Can't we just check the IP version and enable
> rs485 support for >= 4.0?  That would seem more appropriate instead
> of introducing yet another new property.

AFAIU this is dependent on the IP syntheses. I.o.w. version 4.0+ is a
prerequisite, but doesn't automatically mean that there is a support.
Unfortunately there is no way to tell this clearly in the IP
configuration register.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko